Card holder



CARD HOLDER 29, 1930. J. v. SCYHAFER 1,755,335

Filed July-l8, 1929 Patented Apr. 29, 1930' UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN V.SGHAFER, F BRONSON, MICHTGAN, ASSIGNOR TO BRONSON REEL COMPANY,

' OF BRONSON, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN oAnD HOLDERApplication filed. Jul ls, 1929. Serial No. 379,181.

My invention relates to holders for-thin flat objects which willgenerally be termed cards because of their shape and thinness. Theholder of my invention comprises two substantially complete turns'ofclosely and spirally wound spring wire and a base to which the ends ofthe wire are secured, the turns of the wire being substantiallyperpendicular to the base. the adjacent faces of the twoturns of wireare substantially in asingle plane to avoid the warping of a cardinserted between said face portions.

The invention will be more fully explained in connection with theaccompanying drawing in which l is a front elevation of the preferredembodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing a card held by the device; and Fig. 4: is aview somewhat similar to Fig. 2, but showing a card in place, some partsof the holder being shown in section.

The holder is inclusive of a base 1 which is preferably metallic. Thisbase is desirably circular in contour, concave upon its bottom face, andconvex upon its top face. The card receiving portion of the holder iscomposed of preferably slightly more than two turns of closely andspirally wound spring wire. The ends 2, 2 of the wire are desirably inlapping relation, the two complete turns 3 and 4 of the wire beingsandwiched between said lapping ends. When the holder is empty, the adja cent faces of the two rings are desirably in contact. The wire portionof the holder is preferably secured to the holder base by spot weldingto provide a bond which serves to hold the wire portion perpendicular tothe base. The portions of the adjacent faces of the two turns of wirethat are most remote from the base are substantially in a single planeto avoid warping of a card inserted between these face portions. Thebond 5 holds the turns of wire together where these turns are contiguousto the basev so as to increase The upper portions of holder comprisingtwo substantially complete turns of closely and spirally wound springwire and a base to which the wire is spot welded at the ends of thewire, the turns of the wire being substantially perpendicular to thebase, the portions of the adjacent faces of the two turns of wire thatare most remote from the base being substantially in a single plane toavoid the warping of a card inserted between said face portions. 7

2. As a new article of manufacture, a card holder comprising twosubstantially complete turns of closely and spirally wound spring myname.

JOHN V. SOHAFER.

the grip which the wire turns have upon the inserted card. I

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim: 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a card

